John F. Kennedy Jr.

Portrait

A look at the life of the son of President John F. Kennedy.

Pictured: A portrait of John F. Kennedy Jr., from May 25, 1989.

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Baptism

John F. Kennedy Jr. was born Nov. 25, 1960. In this Dec. 8, 1960 file photo, President John F. Kennedy and first lady Jacqueline Kennedy pose at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington with their son following his baptism.

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Pearls

This 1962 photo shows John F. Kennedy, Jr. playing with his mother's necklace at the White House.

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Camp David

President John F. Kennedy and John F. Kennedy, Jr. walk along a path at Camp David. Following behind are the Kennedy family dog, Charlie; Under Secretary of the Navy Paul "Red" Fay with his daughter, Sally Fay; and first lady Jacqueline Kennedy.

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Camp David

During a weekend trip to Camp David, on March 31, 1963, President John F. Kennedy and first lady Jacqueline Kennedy pose with their children, Caroline (sitting astride her pony, Macaroni) and John F. Kennedy, Jr., at Camp David in Frederick County, Md.

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Hyannis Port

President Kennedy with his family - John Jr., Jacqueline and Caroline - and the dogs at Hyannis Port, August 14, 1963.

Washington, D.C.

President Kennedy and his son, John Jr., stand hand-in-hand at the White House c. 1963.

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Washington, D.C.

Jacqueline Kennedy and her two children, John Jr. and Caroline, stand at the top steps of the White House as the body of President John F. Kennedy is carried from the Executive Mansion to lie in state at the Capitol, Nov. 24, 1963.

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Salute

In this Nov. 25, 1963 file photo, three-year-old John F. Kennedy Jr., salutes his father's casket in Washington, D.C. Jacqueline Kennedy and Caroline Kennedy are accompanied by the late president's brothers, Sen. Edward Kennedy, left, and Attorney General Robert Kennedy.

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Runnymede

In this May 14, 1965 file photo, John Kennedy Jr., son of the late president, talks with a British police officer after the dedication ceremony for the memorial to President Kennedy at Runnymede, Surrey, England. On an English hillside near where the Magna Carta was signed eight centuries ago, a seven-ton Portland stone memorial stands on the historic grounds on an acre of land which became American property, in perpetuity - a gift from the British people.

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New York City

John F. Kennedy Jr., 7, carries a briefcase as he walks toward the Collegiate School in New York, Sept. 20, 1968 to begin classes. John's mother, Jacqueline Kennedy, accompanied him to school. Collegiate is the nation's oldest private secondary school.

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Say Hey

John F. Kennedy Jr is seen with New York Mets baseball player Willie Mays at Shea Stadium in New York June 3, 1972.

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Ski Trip

In this February 1975 file photo, John F. Kennedy Jr. carries his snow skis while visiting a Massachusetts ski resort with the family of his uncle, Sen. Edward Kennedy.

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Paris

Timothy Shriver, left, enters the Elysee Palace, followed by John F. Kennedy Jr., Maria Shriver, right, and Caroline Kennedy, background, on March 21, 1975, in Paris.

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Paris

French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing, left, presents a picture of him with the late U.S. President John F. Kennedy to (from left) Caroline Kennedy, Maria Shriver, Timothy Shriver, and John F. Kennedy Jr. in Paris, Mar. 21, 1975.

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Brown University

In this Sept. 10, 1979 file photo, John Kennedy Jr. waits in line at Brown University in Providence, R.I., to register for his first year of college.

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Brown University

John F. Kennedy Jr. walks with his mother, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, outside St. Stephens Chapel at Brown University in Providence, R.I., June 7, 1983, after he received his Bachelor of Arts degree.

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Brown University

John F. Kennedy Jr. listens to his uncle, Senator Edward Kennedy, with his mother Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and sister Caroline Kennedy, at his graduation from Brown University, Providence, R.I., June 4, 1983.

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Kennedy and Cuomo

Andrew Cuomo, 31, son of New York's Governor and the head of HELP Inc., a non-profit organization which builds transitional housing for homeless women and children, joins John F. Kennedy, Jr., during a radio interview in New Rochelle, N.Y. May 17, 1989. Kennedy told listeners he would have no complaints if housing for the homeless were arranged in Hyannis Port, Mass.

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Harvard University

John F. Kennedy Jr. speaks at the John F. Kennedy School of Government's Arco Forum at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., in this 1991 photo.

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John F. Kennedy Library

President Bill Clinton talks with Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and John Kennedy Jr. on October 29, 1993, during the opening ceremonies for the newly-redesigned John F. Kennedy Library in Boston.

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New York City

John F. Kennedy Jr answers questions May 20, 1994, soon after his mother Jackie Kennedy's death in New York.

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Brother and Sister

John F. Kennedy Jr, and his sister, Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg, arrive May 22, 1994, at the New York apartment of their mother, following the passing of Jackie Kennedy Onassis.

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Arlington National Cemetery

Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg kneels at the foot of her mother's casket as her brother John Kennedy Jr. looks on during graveside ceremonies May 23, 1994 for former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.

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George Magazine

John F. Kennedy Jr answers questions on September 7, 1995 during a press conference announcing the launch of his political magazine, George, in New York.

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"Meet the Press"

John F. Kennedy Jr., son of the late president, discusses his political journal George during NBC's "Meet the Press," February 16, 1997 in Washington, D.C.

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New York City

John F. Kennedy Jr. greets Robert De Niro at the presentation to the actor of the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Medal by the Municipal Art Society of New York Tuesday, March 4, 1997, in New York.

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John and Carolyn

John F. Kennedy Jr and his wife Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy walk by photographers to attend the preview of the movie "Air Force One" July 23, 1997, in Washington, D.C.

Carolyn, a former publicist for Calvin Klein, married John on September 21, 1996, in a private ceremony held in a chapel on the remote Georgia island of Cumberland.

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State Dinner

John F. Kennedy Jr and his wife Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy arrive at the White House February 5, 1998 for a state dinner in honor of British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his wife, Cherie.

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New York City

John F. Kennedy, Jr. attends a benefit for the Jackie Robinson Foundation Scholarship Fund, March 8, 1999 at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City.

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White House Correspondents Dinner

John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy are seen at the White House Correspondents Dinner in Washington, D.C., in 1999.

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White House Correspondents Dinner

John F. Kennedy Jr. and his wife Carolyn Bissette-Kennedy leave the White House Correspondents' annual dinner in Washington, D.C., May 1, 1999.

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Tragedy

On July 16, 1999, John, Carolyn, and Carolyn's older sister, Lauren Bessette, flying in a small plane piloted by Kennedy, disappeared from radar. It crashed into the Atlantic Ocean. Five days later, searchers found the wreckage of the plane, and the remains of its three passengers, about eight miles off the coast of Martha's Vineyard.

An NTSB investigation blamed the crash on "the pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during a descent over water at night, which was the result of spatial disorientation. Factors in the accident were haze and the dark night."